Did you use C-Kermit on VMS ? If yes then did you use SET FILE TYPE
IMAGE or SET FILE TYPE BINARY on the VMS side ? IMAGE is probably
preferred.

scott
scott.burns@netcontech.com

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>From: 	Gordon Zaft[SMTP:zaft@Artisoft.COM]
>Sent: 	Friday, January 03, 1997 5:38 PM
>To: 	port-vax@netbsd.org
>Subject: 	creating boot tapes under VMS
>
>
>	Hi, I'm having a problem creating a boot tape under VMS.  I followed
>the directions from the NET-BSD FAQ homepage.
>
>	Here's what I did:
>
>	1) Used kermit in binary mode to get the boot file (file 1) to
>the VAX.
>
>	2) did an init/erase mua0 "".  ran fine.
>
>	3) did a mount/foreign/block=512 mua0:
>
>	4) did a copy to mua0: and got the following error:
>
>	%COPY-E-WRITEERR, error writing <filename>
>	-RMS-F-SYS, QIO system service request failed
>	-SYSTEM-F-BADPARAM, bad parameter value
>	%COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, <filename> not completely copied.
>
>	where <filename> is whatever I called the first file.
>
>	What am I doing wrong?  Ideas?
>
>	Also, I was perusing the archives and apparently this may be a waste
>of effort since apparently there's some problem with the 1.2beta boot files?
>What's the scoop?
>
>	Thanks.
>
>GZ
>
>-- 
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>